Fun Fact Friday

In America, every person eats an average of 46 slices of pizza per year. That's about 23 pounds of pizza consumed yearly.

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Fun Fact Friday

According to the Farmer's Almanac, Phoenix, AZ is ranked #3 for best places to live in the US.
The reason being that Phoenix has sunshine 85% of the time. It also has the lowest relative humidity at 37% and rated fifth overall in terms of the least annual precipitation with 7.11 inches and eighth for the least number or rainy days (36).

Yeah, I really do love living in Phoenix.


Source: http://www.farmersalmanac.com/blog/2006/10/05/the-10-best-weather-cities/

Maxi Dress with Cascading Ruffles

I decided to make a maxi dress for C and was inspired by this one.



You can find the tutorial here.



Here is a picture of the delicious fabric I found. It was in the seasonal section at Hobby Lobby and I snagged the last yard of it with my 40% off coupon for $6!





First, I took a dress that fits C to measure the width and length leaving enough room for a seam allowance.




I had one big rectangle. On both of the end, I cut off two ruffles to make it easier to pin and sew.




Then, I pinned the sides together. I did it this way because I wanted the ruffles to be cascading instead of tiered.







After sewing the sides together I folded the top down and sewed leaving an opening to thread the elastic.




Now, I don't have a picture for this part but I took two strips of three ruffles and sewed it on for the sleeves. I didn't do anything to the bottom since the fabric is jersey and won't fray.


Super easy and oh so cute!

C did not want me taking pictures of her!